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Critic Reviews
Radio TimesMar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
The cast all continue to put in stellar work. ... If this is to be the last time we see them (and even if this iteration of the show does end, that seems unlikely), then based on the assured strength of these opening episodes, the finest series to have come from Apple TV+ thus far will end with a clean sheet.
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Jul 23, 2021The GuardianJul 23, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The broadening and deepening must have felt like a risk to everyone involved in a show predicated on bringing light comic relief to viewers, and which then became frankly essential to their mental wellbeing. But it’s paid off. They shot and they’ve scored. God bless.
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ColliderJul 13, 2021
Season 2 Review:
A complicated and fascinating thing.. ... If Season 2 does anything differently from Season 1, it's an emphasis on amplification. Supporting cast members get more screen time and weightier storylines than Season 1. The overall message about looking to help others as a way of helping yourself becomes even more prevalent. And the concept of what it means to be a team is even more on display.
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Jul 12, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The good news is Ted Lasso is still the best comedy on TV. In the six episodes sent to critics, the show’s iconic blend of heart and humor were still omnipresent in every scene. However Ted Lasso Season 2 does make some bold swings straight out the gate. ... And some of those swings? Well — to borrow a baseball metaphor — are more bunts than hits. But through it all, Ted Lasso remains Ted Lasso, a virtuoso work of art that puts humanity first in its storytelling.
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Jul 26, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Sudeikis continues to inspire in untenable situations. Season Two throws out plenty of them and lets the fish out of water swim more than sink. A big chunk of the supporting cast earned Emmy nominations and it’s easy to see why – particularly when they’re made the focus of entire episodes.
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Jul 23, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Having scored the most Emmy nominations ever for a freshman sitcom, this soccer series tops itself with a second season that spins comic gold from the best ensemble cast on television, with Jason Sudeikis deepening an exuberant goodtime into an enduring comedy classic.
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Jul 20, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Ted Lasso is one of those shows where every ingredient comes together but, like the performances by Sudeikis and so many of the other actors, seems so effortless that you don’t notice at first how many instruments are playing in harmony. ... Ted Lasso pulls off that kind of magic in scene after scene, and in episode after episode.
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Jul 12, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The good news about Season 2 can be summed up in four words: It’s still Ted Lasso. ... This season, star Jason Sudeikis and the ensemble around him shine brighter than ever, and I am happy to report that you are likely to feel big Dani Rojas energy at various points.
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Mar 14, 2023
Season 3 Review:
While there are a few moments when “Ted Lasso” seems to be repeating certain themes and gags, the first four episodes maintain the Lasso standard of excellence in all phases of the game, from the superb performances to the crisp writing to the steady stream of pop culture references.
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Mar 10, 2023
Season 3 Review:
It remains reliably the same: funny, heartwarming, occasionally deep and full of romantic comedy references. That's not a bug, it's a feature, and an accomplishment just to maintain its unique tone, top-notch performances and bold physical comedy that coalesces into a tight and effervescent series.
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Jul 21, 2021
Season 2 Review:
It’s a more deeply layered and dramatically richer effort, with some relatively minor, undeveloped characters from Season 1 taking turns in the spotlight and becoming more vital players in the ensemble, not unlike what happened with “The Office.” This is still primarily Ted Lasso’s journey and Sudeikis owns the role of his lifetime, somehow making Ted hilarious and peppy yet contemplative and complex.
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Jul 12, 2021
Jul 12, 2021
Season 2 Review:
What matters is that Ted Lasso as a whole remains a delightful and quirky comedy that highlights the best of humanity, revealing how kindness and humility can be a conduit to happiness and success. It’s still the show we all needed last year, but it’s also the show that we need today.
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The PlaylistJul 12, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The creators and cast of “Ted Lasso” don’t seem as desperate to win over those fence-sitters as many shows do in their second years. They come into this season far more confident—every performer seems more comfortable than last year, and the writing plays more to each actor’s strengths.
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IndieWireAug 14, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Ted is never a caricature or even an idealistic impossibility (like Leslie Knope could be in the more exaggerated “Parks” moments); he feels real, which is essential to the show’s compassionate purpose. Surrounding Ted are a group of amiable, well-defined characters.
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PolygonJul 28, 2021
Season 2 Review:
Ted Lasso’s emotional arcs are like a shot in a cup of hot chocolate — they provide a little bite that makes the whole experience warmer. The show’s lighthearted charm was exactly what many viewers needed last summer, but a more stable world is allowing the writers to take more risks and raise the stakes.
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The TimesMar 15, 2023
The GuardianMar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
It cuts the sweetness with just enough vinegary exchanges to prevent the whole from becoming sickening. It keeps the main man just the right side of folksy rather than village idiot, and knowing that every tiny glimpse into Coach Beard’s hinterland is worth the price of admission alone.
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The TelegraphJul 23, 2021
Season 2 Review:
If anything, series two is schmaltzier – look out for a mid-season Christmas episode that is nose-pinchingly cheesy. Yet once again, Lasso conquers all: Sudeikis’s performance is masterful, showing that good men have depths too, and kindness can be just as interesting as meanness.
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Jul 21, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The sophomore season of Ted Lasso thus far is an admirable mixture of repeating — and refining — the elements that resonated so well initially and expanding the show’s ensemble and tonal reach. Eight episodes and the smile rarely left my face, so Ted Lasso is clearly back.
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Aug 19, 2020
Season 1 Review:
I keep wanting to make an unlikely comparison between “Ted Lasso” and “Schitt’s Creek,” even though “Ted Lasso” is a lot slicker and it’s set in England. The reason is that they’re both feel-good comedies with simple premises that feature some well-sketched out characters. Their best strength is not in plotting or in punch lines so much as in delivering thoroughly likable ensembles, where even the not-nice ones are kind of endearing.
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The IndependentAug 14, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The series is less sharp than the original promos, but there are other compensations. Lasso’s boundless optimism, in the face of so many different shades of cynicism, slowly wins us over. He’s not a total ingenue, either, and has enough spine to give the episodes texture. Ted Lasso ropes you in, even if it’s more by likability than laughter.
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Aug 12, 2020
Season 1 Review:
“Ted Lasso” is a gleefully ridiculous show based on a ludicrous premise. ... But as Ted settles in—and the players treat him with contempt, and the press excoriates him and the fans call him filthy names—“Ted Lasso” casts a certain
spell. .... The people surrounding Ted are complicated, plausible humans. Ted is the cartoon, although there are moments when he reveals an intelligence and savvy utterly at odds with his aw-shucks Americanism.
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Aug 11, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Even if the show's ability to capture on-field action is a little hit-or-miss, by the end of 10 episodes, I was getting misty over the team's results and over the journeys of several characters. That, ultimately, means more to me than whether or not I'd qualify Ted Lasso as "hilarious.
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Mar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Based on the four episodes made available for review, season three is more of a throwback to Ted Lasso’s original formula of silly plus tender, multiplied by wickedly smart. It’s only in comparison to the show’s previous highs that these episodes feel somewhat earthbound.
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The PlaylistMar 10, 2023
Season 3 Review:
All these performers know their characters completely by this point in the arc of “Ted Lasso,” giving the show a more laid-back, easy feeling than the start of the first and second seasons. There’s more of a sense that we’re dropping in on familiar faces, which gives the comedy a comfortable rhythm but also sometimes leads to a lack of urgency.
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Jul 19, 2021
Aug 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
These 10 episodes cover enough interpersonal ground, and end satisfyingly enough, to engender some doubt over whether Ted Lasso has the stamina for an ongoing series, or if it’s more of an underdog sports movie extended and broken into chapters. Based on the last few episodes, it’s also entirely possible that the show could turn its quirky optimism into canned uplift—otherwise known as the Parks And Recreation problem. But if nothing else, the best moments of Ted Lasso finally reveal what a Jason Sudeikis vehicle could and should look like.
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Aug 10, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The eight episodes I’ve seen of the new season (there are twelve in total) can feel underbaked and free-floating, the writing formulaic, the plots even slighter than they were in Season 1. The inconsistency of quality has the effect of intensifying the successes. ... As the presence of Dr. Sharon reveals the sharper edges of Ted’s ego, you can feel the show pulling away from the coach’s centripetal force.
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RogerEbert.comJul 23, 2021
Season 2 Review:
The second season is more endearing as it hangs out with one easygoing story before moving to another, while keeping up the folksy plotting that fans so responded too. ... [Lasso] remains a chintzy mix of dialogue written for motivational posters and try-hard comedy that dares you to be a buzzkill. He is the worst part of his own show. ... To see him squirm under the lone spotlight of therapy is interesting, and inspired. It makes him more of a human being, instead of such a hollow vessel to display unquestionable niceness on the small screen.
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Jul 22, 2021
Season 2 Review:
While the mutually admiring friendship between Rebecca and Keeley was a highlight of Season 1, it made me wonder if the writers had the stomach to dig into the potential tensions between the very different women — especially as now employer and employee — for Season 2. Based on the first eight episodes (out of 12), the answer is no. If you were a fan of the energetic wholesomeness of the first season, the follow-up offers much of the same.
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Mar 10, 2023
Season 3 Review:
If you're looking for a show that's confident in its rhythm, with familiar characters who won't steer too far off the well-worn path, then you'll surely find a lot to love in this third season of Ted Lasso. If you're looking for the show to adapt and shift gears, you'll be sorely disappointed.
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Mar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Ted Lasso doesn’t have anything left to prove, other than perhaps demonstrating that it can finish as well as it started. However the show goes about getting there, the one certainty seems to be that its namesake will be smiling and rattling off odd analogies all the way to the final gun.
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RogerEbert.comMar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Season Three is a slight return to form, offering more time to hang out with its disarming, charming cast of characters. But even the show’s warmth is starting to wear thin, especially now that the sunshine has to spread across more characters, settings, and conflicts.
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Mar 13, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Roy and Keeley's narrative arcs are the most interesting of the season (four episodes in, at least). If not the ones paid most attention to. That would be Ted, sorting out who he is, what he is and where he should be. ... The world needed "Ted Lasso" when it premiered. Watching Season 3, it seems that Ted Lasso may need more of the world.
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The TelegraphMar 10, 2023
Season 3 Review:
The appeal of Ted is wearing a bit thin now – there’s only so long that a moustache can be funny. His folksy dialogue will also drive you around the bend. ... But series three is saved by Nick Mohammed as Nate. ... At the moment, the show works best when Ted is on the bench.
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Mar 10, 2023
Aug 10, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The series is extremely likable throughout, but it’s more a hypothetical comedy than an actual one. There are long stretches where Juno Temple — as Jamie’s girlfriend Keeley, who is “sort of famous for being almost famous” — is the only actor even trying to sell what few jokes are in the scripts.
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Mar 15, 2023
Season 3 Review:
Ted Lasso is amiss figuring out what kind of show it wants to be and what storytelling priorities it wants to hold on to in its final act. ... The third season is laying such a didactic track for Ted’s more enlightened, uniformly positive influence on the Greyhounds that its various subplots feel like they’re treading water until they’re hit by the Lasso effect.
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RogerEbert.comAug 14, 2020
Season 1 Review:
The story's gooey nature is fair game, but it’s nearly maddening by how unfunny it is, specifically being based around someone the world could use more of. ... Filled with played-out jokes like the pronunciation of “jif” or a plethora of culture shock moments like Lasso calling tea “hot brown water.” Like much of the show, it all feels very safe, which is often just a nice word for lazy.
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The GuardianAug 13, 2020
Season 1 Review:
While Sudeikis is fine, it would take a much better script for this immediate connection to work and instead the charm feels forced. Instead, it’s the British supporting cast who prove more engaging with slightly more nuanced characters to play. ... But brief sparks aren’t quite enough to power us through a sitcom that one would need to seek out to watch on a weekly basis.
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Aug 3, 2020
Season 1 Review:
Sudeikis does his best with a barely there character; Waddingham, playing a conflicted admiration for Lasso, fares better, as does the ever able Juno Temple, putting a witty but humane spin on a social-media influencer character in the team’s orbit. In the end, though, the players on Lasso’s team run together, in what’s perhaps the show’s defining flaw. Conceived to market soccer, Ted ends up making the game look like a slog.
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